Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world's unsung inventors -- indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many people's lives. He shows how the Honey Bee Network helps them build the connections they need -- and gain the recognition they deserve.

Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk at TEDxChange, she makes the case for the world to re-examine an issue she intends to lend ...

With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

Here's a crazy idea: Persuade the world to try living in peace for just one day, every September 21. In this energetic, honest talk, Jeremy Gilley tells the story of how this crazy idea became real -- real enough to help millions of kids in war-torn regions.

Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?

Stewart Brand works on the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece that counts down the next 10,000 years. It's a beautiful project that asks us to think about the far, far future. Here, he discusses a tricky side problem with the Clock: Where can we put it?

Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next.

Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.

What does real scientific work look like? As neuroscientist Stuart Firestein jokes: It looks a lot less like the scientific method and a lot more like "farting around ... in the dark." In this witty talk, Firestein gets to the heart of science as it is really practiced and suggests that we should value what we don't know -- or "high-quality igno...

The pandemic has deepened the need to rethink education. In conversation with TED Global Curator Bruno Giussani, Dr. Ahmad M. Hasnah of Qatar Foundation discusses an educational model from Doha, Qatar that informs the global needs of students and shares insight into the newly launched TEDinArabic (بالعربي TED), a global platform for thinkers, r...

In this engaging talk from the EG'08 conference, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue rounds up some handy cell phone tools and services that can boost your productivity and lower your bills (and your blood pressure).

About this event: 1. Miryam Z. Wahrman, Ph.D. BIO: MIRYAM Z. WAHRMAN is Professor of Biology at William Paterson University of New Jersey, where she directs a research laboratory in microbiology, studying bacteria on environmental surfaces. An expert in Bioethics, Professor Wahrman has developed and teaches graduate courses in Bioethics and Research Methods, an...

In this new season of The TED Interview, conversations with people who make a case for ... optimism. Not some blind, hopeful feeling, but the conviction that somewhere out there are solutions that, given the right attention and resources, can guide us out of the dark place we're in. For the first episode: artificial intelligence. Will innovation...

Philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates offers insights into the COVID-19 pandemic, discussing why testing and self-isolation are essential, which medical advancements show promise and what it will take for the world to endure this crisis. (This virtual conversation is part of the TED Connects series, hosted by head of TED Chris Anders...

The coronavirus brought much of the world to a standstill, dropping carbon emissions by five percent. Al Gore says keeping those rates down is now up to us. In this illuminating interview, he discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternativ...

In a time of mourning and anger over the ongoing violence inflicted on Black communities by police in the US and the lack of accountability from national leadership, what is the path forward? Sharing urgent insights into this historic moment, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King and Anthony D. Romero discuss dismantling the ...

The way we address poverty needs to be changed now! In this talk Jamey Webster explores the options we have for empowering the impoverished instead of treating the symptoms. By empowering those classified as impoverished to stand on their own two feet, learn to provide for themselves, and live independently from hand outs and charitable support...

Tamsen Webster uses an ancient Greek myth (and modern science) to explain how to bridge the real-life mental gaps that keep us from achieving our goals. The answer lies in finding our "Red Threads," the combination of goals, problems, and beliefs that define who we are -- and make inaction impossible.

Watch Adrian's engaging talk to see how 'Tiny Noticeable Things' can make all the difference in business and transform people's relationships with each other: 'they show you care, they make and break relationships, they cost nothing - and they make a very big difference.'

With all the accolades, accomplishments, and positive feedback from peers do you still feel like you’re not good enough? Do you feel like a poser who’s close to being found out? If so, you may suffer from Impostor Syndrome. Briaina navigates the root cause of Impostor Syndrome and how to call out fear and negative thinking so you can become the ...

Creativity x Technology = Impact. Every single human is capable of being creative. Technology is providing us with the most powerful tools in history. The world needs all of us to choose to do something positive with that. But technology can often be a problem as well. These days, we are all too familiar with the unintended consequences of tech...

Can disruptive thinking help students measure success differently and help them develop skills for the future world of work?

On a planet that is over 70% water, who are the real earthlings? In his poetic, alliteration-filled talk, underwater photographer Patrick Webster challenges his audience to reflect on this question.

In this talk David Webster introduces the concept of 'life-work balance: where life is built around one’s life & lifestyle and not the other way around', why this is good for business, and how every organisation can easily start implementing more human-centric work practices.

Complexities of a late Asperger’s diagnosis.

In the summer of 2016 broadcaster and journalist Charlie Webster was in a comma and on life support. Thankfully she survived - a ‘miracle’ according to her doctors. But Charlie’s talk doesn’t focus on what happened, or even how it happened. Instead she charts the journey of followed. As she navigated the rough seas of PTSD - post traumatic stres...

Silenced by a brain stem stroke, for the last 15 years Dawn Faizey Webster has communicated with the world by blinking her left eye. Instead of giving up on life she decided to fight back and so far she's blinked her way through a degree and a masters and has now embarked on a PhD, one of the first people in the world with locked-in syndrome to ...

Time and Space intersect on the TEDx stage in Dr. Kollmeier’s mind-blowing talk on black holes.